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Who has time for long letters ?

2012-02-14T03:07:00.000-08:00

WHO HAS TIME FOR LONG LETTERS ?

ALL YOUR WORDS OF COMPASSION
AND HUMAN CONNECTION MEANS LOVE.

IT'S VERY NICE TO SHARE LOVE TO ALL
AROUND YOU EVERY DAY NOT ONLY
ON VALENTINE'S DAY .

IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING...

Haminia

WHITNEY HUSTON - GREATEST LOVE AT ALL

2012-02-13T12:24:00.001-08:00

DIRTY DANCING MOVIE - PATRICK SWAYZE AND JENNIFER GREY

2012-02-13T10:15:00.001-08:00

THANKING JESUS

2012-02-13T09:29:00.001-08:00

YOU TOUCHED MY LIFE

2012-02-13T09:16:00.001-08:00

YOU TOUCHED MY HEART

2012-02-13T08:56:00.001-08:00

TRUE FRIEND

2012-02-13T08:44:00.001-08:00

SACRED ORGASM

2012-02-13T08:10:00.001-08:00

Placebos and Distraction: New Study Shows How to Boost the Power of Pain Relief, Without Drugs

2012-02-13T06:59:00.002-08:00

Placebos and Distraction: New Study Shows How to Boost the Power of Pain Relief, Without Drugs

ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2012) — Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction -- say, doing a puzzle -- relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging suggests they do. When applying a placebo, scientists see activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. That's the part of the brain that controls high-level cognitive functions like working memory and attention -- which is what you use to do that distracting puzzle.

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Now a new study challenges the theory that the placebo effect is a high-level cognitive function. The authors -- Jason T. Buhle, Bradford L. Stevens, and Jonathan J. Friedman of Columbia University and Tor D. Wager of the University of Colorado Boulder -- reduced pain in two ways -- either by giving them a placebo, or a difficult memory task. lacebo. But when they put the two together, "the level of pain reduction that people experienced added up. There was no interference between them," says Buhle. "That suggests they rely on separate mechanisms." The findings, published inPsychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, could help clinicians maximize pain relief without drugs.

In the study, 33 participants came in for three separate sessions. In the first, experimenters applied heat to the skin with a little metal plate and calibrated each individual's pain perceptions. In the second session, some of the people applied an ordinary skin cream they were told was a powerful but safe analgesic. The others put on what they were told was a regular hand cream. In the placebo-only trials, participants stared at a cross on the screen and rated the pain of numerous applications of heat -- the same level, though they were told it varied. For other trials they performed a tough memory task -- distraction and placebo simultaneously. For the third session, those who'd had the plain cream got the "analgesic" and vice versa. The procedure was the same.

The results: With either the memory task or the placebo alone, participants felt less pain than during the trials when they just stared at the cross. Together, the two effects added up; they didn't interact or interfere with each other. The data suggest that the placebo effect does not require executive attention or working memory.

So what about that neuroimaging? "Neuroimaging is great," says Buhle, "but because each brain region does many things, when you see activation in a particular area, you don't know what cognitive process is driving it." This study tested the theory about how placebos work with direct behavioral observation.

The findings are promising for pain relief. Clinicians use both placebos and distraction -- for instance, virtual reality in burn units. But they weren't sure if one might diminish the other's efficacy. "This study shows you can use them together," says Buhle, "and get the maximum bang for your buck without medications."

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THE PLANET'S OCEANS MELTING GREENLAND...

2012-02-12T21:25:00.001-08:00

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES IN THE WORLD

2012-02-12T14:35:00.001-08:00

INDIAN MUSLIM WEDDING PARTY

2012-02-12T10:48:00.001-08:00

INDIAN MUSLIM WEDDING PARTY - FROM ABDUS

2012-02-12T10:39:00.001-08:00

MUSLIM WEDDING

2012-02-12T10:38:00.001-08:00

AMAZON.COM - THE COMPANY FROM WHERE WE CAN ORDER ANY INTERESTING BOOK ION THE WORLD...

2012-02-12T04:20:00.001-08:00

Amazon.com Review

As a scientist, Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. Albert Einstein as a man, however, has been a much harder portrait to paint, and what we know of him as a husband, father, and friend is fragmentary at best. With Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson (author of the bestselling biographies Benjamin Franklin and Kissinger) brings Einstein's experience of life, love, and intellectual discovery into brilliant focus. The book is the first biography to tackle Einstein's enormous volume of personal correspondence that heretofore had been sealed from the public, and it's hard to imagine another book that could do such a richly textured and complicated life as Einstein's the same thoughtful justice. Isaacson is a master of the form and this latest opus is at once arresting and wonderfully revelatory. --Anne Bartholomew

Read "The Light-Beam Rider," the first chapter of Walter Isaacson's Einstein: His Life and Universe.

Five Questions for Walter Isaacson
Amazon.com: What kind of scientific education did you have to give yourself to be able to understand and explain Einstein's ideas?

Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.

Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?

Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts. He had a boss who told him to question every premise and assumption. And as Peter Galison shows in Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps, many of the patent applications involved synchronizing clocks using signals that traveled at the speed of light. So with his office-mate Michele Besso as a sounding board, he was primed to make the leap to special relativity.

Amazon.com: That time in the patent office makes him sound far more like a practical scientist and tinkerer than the usual image of the wild-haired professor, and more like your previous biographical subject, the multitalented but eminently earthly Benjamin Franklin. Did you see connections between them?

Isaacson: I like writing about creativity, and that's what Franklin and Einstein shared. They also had great curiosity and imagination. But Franklin was a more practical man who was not very theoretical, and Einstein was the opposite in that regard.

Amazon.com: Of the many legends that have accumulated around Einstein, what did you find to be least true? Most true?

Isaacson: The least true legend is that he failed math as a schoolboy. He was actually great in math, because he could visualize equations. He knew they were nature's brushstrokes for painting her wonders. For example, he could look at Maxwell's equations and marvel at what it would be like to ride alongside a light wave, and he could look at Max Planck's equations about radiation and realize that Planck's constant meant that light was a particle as well as a wave. The most true legend is how rebellious and defiant of authority he was. You see it in his politics, his personal life, and his science.

Amazon.com: At Time and CNN and the Aspen Institute, you've worked with many of the leading thinkers and leaders of the day. Now that you've had the chance to get to know Einstein so well, did he remind you of anyone from our day who shares at least some of his remarkable qualities?

Isaacson: There are many creative scientists, most notably Stephen Hawking, who wrote the essay on Einstein as "Person of the Century" when I was editor ofTime. In the world of technology, Steve Jobs has the same creative imagination and ability to think differently that distinguished Einstein, and Bill Gates has the same intellectual intensity. I wish I knew politicians who had the creativity and human instincts of Einstein, or for that matter the wise feel for our common values of Benjamin Franklin.

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STEVE JOBS - BIOGRAPHY - INTERVIEW BY WALTER ISSACSON

2012-02-12T04:06:00.001-08:00

DISEASES AND THE CELLS OF THE BODY

2012-02-11T14:10:00.000-08:00

When any disease appears into a human body
and mind, all the cells are deranged because
of missing enough energy to live a healthy life.

Of course, we all are made of energy, no matter
if it is called magnetic energy or universal energy
which embraces all the energies existing.

Dr.Bruce Lipton also mentions that " the genes
are not activated until something triggers them" .

That "something" is the missing energy given back
to the sick human being by the physicians or by all
those who are able to help the people to restore
the Health.

Haminia

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND OBESITY - FALSE DISCOVERY !

2012-02-11T13:24:00.000-08:00

ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) — Researchers at the

University of Turku and Aalto University have

found new evidence for the role of the brain in obesity.

I read the article and I could notice that the
researchers simply discovered the modified
level of glucose in the brain of a fat person
and said " Evrika ! " too quickly.

They also measured with sophisticated medical
apparatus the joy of an obese human being in
front of a food picture...

They are funny researchers ! When a man is
sick and the researchers in medicine measure
the different levels of his metabolism, are they
happy to say that they discovered something
new and great in medicine ?

Why didn't they measure the sick man's behavior
in front of a woman picture ? Could they see the
same joy or what could they have noticed ?

It is well known that suffering people from lack
of love and compassion try to replace their
suffering by eating...Of course the glucose
increases in their body and brain.

In this case, there is NOT THE BRAIN WHICH
INCREASES THE GLUCOSE AND CHANGES THE
BEHAVIOR OF A PERSON ...

What did the researchers discover ? The effect
of a cause of a disease and not vice-versa !
It's my opinion. What is yours ?

Haminia

Obesity Is Associated With Altered Brain Function

2012-02-11T12:48:00.001-08:00

Obesity Is Associated With Altered Brain Function

ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) — Researchers at the University of Turku and Aalto University have found new evidence for the role of the brain in obesity.

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In most western countries the annual increase in the prevalence and the severity of obesity is currently substantial. Although obesity typically results simply from excessive energy intake, it is currently unclear why some people are prone to overeating and gaining weight.

Because the central nervous system is intimately involved in processing of hunger signals and controlling food intake, it is possible that the cause of weight gain and obesity might be in the brain.

Researchers at the University of Turku and Aalto University have now found new evidence for the role of the brain in obesity. The researchers measured the functioning brain circuits involved in with multiple brain imaging methods.

The results revealed that in obese versus lean individuals, brain glucose metabolism was significantly higher in the brain's striatal regions, which are involved in processing of rewards. Moreover, obese individual's reward system responded more vigorously to food pictures, whereas responses in the frontal cortical regions involved in cognitive control were dampened.

"The results suggest that obese individuals' brains might constantly generate signals that promote eating even when the body would not require additional energy uptake," says Adjunct Professor Lauri Nummenmaa from the University of Turku.

"The results highlight the role of the brain in obesity and weight gaining. The results have major implications on the current models of obesity, but also on development of pharmacological and psychological treatments of obesity," Nummenmaa says.

The participants were morbidly obese individuals and lean, healthy controls. Their brain glucose metabolism was measured with positron emission tomography during conditions in which the body was satiated in terms of insulin signalling. Brain responses to pictures of foods were measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

The research is funded by the Academy of Finland, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Aalto University.

The results were published on January 27th, 2012 in scientific journal PLoS ONE.

HUMAN BODY IS ATTUNED TO MUSICAL SOUNDS

2012-02-10T15:55:00.000-08:00

Some time ago, I was in the middle of my research to understand sacred frequencies for our project Planetary Moods www.yeyeorgnanicpop.com when I read the information in the article below through Ted, “Crazy Ted”, a reporter with a curriculum in science.
I felt motivated to share it as it was, since the information felt to me as challenging as it proves to be to many of our readers who felt inspired to comment at the end. You will see it creates many different reactions and the opinions shared are many, as much as the information added to it (thank you everyone), some details are provoking as you can read in the comments.
After almost a year, I have come across many other information from different so call “experts” on the topic and reviewed ancient reference to this matter, but really grew into the understanding of frequency and vibration through my own actual practice of musical composition in the different frequencies we talk about here and some others frequencies, and going through my own transformation and those around me during the process.
The results have been wonderful in my opinion, as you can hear in Planetary Moods, and if there is one thing I can add to this article today, Sep 30th, 2011, in response to all comments and in honor to the communication of truthful information, and as a natural resolution to my own practice, is that the field of music in sacred frequencies is a wide ancient practice but virgin field in our present time, in which all the information you will gather through out the internet proves to be only but the individual experimentation of the musician/healer himself, influenced by their own studies in the matter and the results they have observed.
Your own understanding will attract you to the musician/healer that fits your vibration at the moment. Undeniable is to say that in present times SOUND frequencies are been used to heal, restore DNA by Biologist, balance health in ill patients, brain therapy and trauma healing, spiritual trance, and not to forget as a war weapon to create illness and dis-ease. Undeniable is to say that SOUND frequencies are used to move matter and transform the elements within their own manifestation and that intention behind it is as important as the sound in itself, since the intention is also a vibration. But at this point all I can tell you with certainty is that your own personal experience should be the only clear story when it comes to vibration.
Don’t let any disagreeable information discourage you from your own exploration of frequency and sound, after all we DO KNOW that EVERYTHING in the Universe is vibration. Tune up with that frequency that gives YOU well-being, good health and happiness and a desire to create well-being, good health and happiness for others.
Let your consciousness expand with an open mind to the reality that Life in itself is a miracle mysterious SOUND, we just know that we don’t know anything, beautiful indeed. At Planetary Moods we choose to make music with this knowledge. Your feedback is love. Keep up with your study! And share with the world what you dicover!
OM Love
Yeye
Planetary Moods ~
www.yeyeorganipcop.com

This is the original article, I don’t know who wrote it.
Hi! I read this information today and though it was interesting topic to explore! What do you think?

Chromatic Scale and the Circle of Fifths.

Modern music is stuck in a tuning which was initiated by Josef Goebbels, the minister of propaganda of Hitler Germany, in 1939. This tuning (A=440Hz) is completely out of sync with the music of the universe and A Bigger Bang proves that modern music is part of an old paradigm quickly dying away. Within a few years everybody with ears to hear and eyes to see will discover the present world tour of music is the closing act of the masters of Rock n’Roll and of a musical era.

To prove this statement I have to return to Goebbels, one of the masters of manipulation in human history. It is a well know fact that the Nazis were in search of the holy grail and discovered in esoteric knowledge the means to mislead and conquer the world. The tuning of A=440 Hz (in the beginning of the 20th century already implemented in the USA …) was invented for one reason and one reason only: to control and manipulate the masses into unknowingness and use them for their own purposes.

From the musical masters of the East was learned that the human body is tuned to musical vibrations. The old musical masters from India and Tibet know how to play every emotion in the human body by using the right musical notes and… the right musical tuning. The 6th sense of human beings (their intuition or instant knowing) vibrates on A=432 Hz (the reason for example the Borobodour has 432 Buddha Statues) and by untuning the 6th sense and making A=440 Hz the musical standard Goebbels & (present day) followers have a simple means to misguide and misdirect everybody.

If you don’t believe me, consider the fact once upon a time you were one single cell. Next splitting up and forming 1-2-4-8-16-32-64-128-256-512-1024-2048…cells. In fact this cell division process is a cascade of coherent musical octaves, also connected with our brainwaves and consciousness itself. A432 Hz is the 6th note in the octave starting with C=256 Hz.

The Goebbels tuning is simply untuning this cascade of octaves, creating untuned, sick human beings (the tuning is untuning not only the 6th sense but the whole human body and mind), divided against themselves and easy to manipulate and use by the power-elite to sell more and more of their worthless products, including the degenerated music itself.

The Stradivarius violin was made for playing in A=432 Hz, Mozart composed his music in A=432Hz. What does this mean? This means simply you have never heard the real music of Mozart. Even music played on old instruments in A=432 Hz is manipulated in the musical studio’s into A=440 Hz.

So all you composers and musicians it is high time to wake up and remove all chains of Plato’s Cave! Music is a very powerful vibration and we are all made from it. So let’s start listening to our own original and blissful music with new, enlightened ears.

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Fibonacci Ratios and Musical Intervals

Leonardo de Pisa (circa 1180-1240 AD), better known as Fibonacci, discovered the uniformity of ancient harmonic wisdom. He realized that the natural branching, flowering, and spiraling forms in nature follow the same uniform laws found in musical scales.

He found this harmonic in nature is equal to a number sequence of 1–1–2–3–5–8–13–21–34–55–89–144 and so on, found by adding each number to the previous one to get the next number.

The Fibonacci series relates to all of the musical intervals, which comprise beautiful chords. The following table shows some Fibonacci ratio musical chords using the fundamental tone ‘A’:

Note A A D F E C E C# F# C# D F

Interval root octave 4th aug. 5th 5th minor 3rd 5th 3rd 6th 3rd 4th aug. 4th

Fibonacci ratio 1/1 2/1 2/3 2/5 3/2 3/5 3/8 5/2 5/3 5/8 8/3 8/5

The Fibonacci ratios were also utilized in sacred temple architecture, including the towering Gothic Cathedrals. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1400-1474) from the Netherlands composed music for the dedication of Florence’s cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in 1436. His musical piece was based on the Fibonacci series of tones, which corresponded to the dimensions of the cathedral’s dome. These ‘musical temples’ were part of the medieval renaissance of sacred geometry, Hermetic mysteries and the flowering of art and music.

YEYE

YOGA BREATHING

2012-02-10T15:38:00.001-08:00

Breathe How You Want to Be (Yoga for Emotional Regulation Pt. 1)

Written by: shantigeneration on January 7, 2010.
Last revised by: shantigeneration on January 24, 2012.

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Scientists and leading educators are building a movement to encourage more emotional support in the classroom. As a yoga teacher, I could not be happier about that! Yoga, by it’s very nature, bolsters emotional awareness and aids in emotional regulation. Yoga provides an opportunity to become aware of our emotions, as well as tools to manage our emotional states.

The following activity can be done with children (and adults) of all ages:

Sit comfortably and quietly for a few minutes. Close your eyes and follow your breath in and out of your nose. Check in with how you feel, not your physical body sensations, but the feelings you have in your heart. How are you feeling right now? You don’t have to judge how you are feeling or tell anyone, so be honest with yourself. However you feel right now is absolutely fine.

Now, decide if this feeling is how you really want to feel for the rest of the day. If so, keep breathing into your feelings. If not, decide how you would most like to feel. Powerful? Healthy? Calm? Energized? Try to breathe in the way that you wish to feel.

Play with breathing in different ways. How do we breathe when we are angry? Sad? Excited? Tired? Confident? Notice how changing the way we breathe can change the way we feel.

Use your breath as a powerful tool to help deal with challenging situations. Remember, sometimes feeling sad or angry is just fine and your breathing rhythms can help you cope with stress during those times.

How do want to be? Try breathing that way!

CONVERSATION WITH DR. SAQIB RASHID

2012-02-10T15:20:00.000-08:00

Saqib Rashid, I don't think that the homeopaths are
scared about the new discoveries in medicine which
can help the people to be cured in a better way !

You are right when you say that dr. Hahnemann let
much free place for Homeopathy to be improved as
everybody can read in his aphorisms.

The true homeopaths respect Homeopathy very much
and they use only homeopathic medicines with which
they have very good results and this is fantastic !

If the homeopaths use other medicines , they don't
practice Pure Homeopathy.

Who said that a physician can not use more medicines
if he knows more remedies and if he studied Classical
medicine Faculty and only two years Homeopathy like
in Romania ?

Classical Medicine is free to use all the discoveries in
the world if the authorities in Medicine allows them
on the medical market.

Who is scared about it ? Alternative medicine is more
and more used everywhere in the world . I agree with
your vision.

Haminia

PETER KAY WANTS REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE

2012-02-10T14:44:00.000-08:00

Peer Kay, your research about the division of the
cells in a very short time is very true.

All your explanations are very good for the health
of Humanity, don't think that I don't agree with
them.

I don't agree with your wish to change the rules
of Homeopathy which uses only homeopathic
medicines.

If all the homeopathic physicians will use both
alopathic and homeopathic medicines,

Pure Homeopathy will disappear .

I wonder why you insist on homeopaths to use
other medicines than homeopathic ones.

You say : for the benefit of Humanity !

I know it but don't create confusion in different
sciences of medicine !

The confusion will bring a revolution in medicine !

Maybe you want it ...

Haminia

TAKE CAARE OF DRUGS..THEY AFFECT YOUR NERVES ...

2012-02-10T05:38:00.000-08:00

Spending on cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins increased by $160 million in 2010, for a total spending of nearly $19 billion in the U.S., the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics reported in their Use of Medicines in the United States: Review of 2010. In all, more than 255 million prescriptions were dispensed for these drugs in 2010, making them the most commonly prescribed type of medication in the United States.

Unfortunately, this excessive use is an artifact of a medical system that regards prescribing pills to lower cholesterol as a valid way to protect one's heart health -- even though the low "target" cholesterol levels have not been proven to be healthy … and cholesterol is actually NOT the underlying culprit in heart disease.

Worse still, these drugs, which are clearly not necessary for the vast majority of people who take them, are proven to cause serious and significant side effects, including, as new research shows, definite nerve damage.Are You Taking Drugs You Don't Need … and Getting Nerve Damage as a Result?

It must be understood that any time you take a drug there is a risk of side effects. Oftentimes, these risks are not fully understood, especially when multiple drugs enter the equation, and appear only after a drug has already been taken by millions of people. Even once a drug has been FDA-approved, you are depending on a limited number of clinical trials to dictate a drug's safety … but it's impossible to predict how a drug will react when introduced into your system, in a real-world setting. Not to mention, the accuracy of medical research is dubious at best.

In many ways, any time you take a drug YOU are the guinea pig, and unforeseen side effects are the rule, rather than the exception. In terms of statin drugs, side effects are already clearly apparent; at GreenMedInfo.com you can see 304 conditions that may be associated with the use of these drugs, and this is likely only the tip of the iceberg. Among one of the more well-known risks is harm to your muscles and peripheral nervous system with long-term use. Indeed, new research on 42 patients confirmed that: " … long-term treatment with statins caused a clinically silent but still definite damage to peripheral nerves when the treatment lasts longer than 2 years."

If You Take Statins for Two Years or More, Nerve Damage Appears to be the Rule What does it mean when you sustain damage to peripheral nerves? As reported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): "Symptoms are related to the type of affected nerve and may be seen over a period of days, weeks, or years. Muscle weakness is the most common symptom of motor nerve damage. Other symptoms may include painful cramps and fasciculations (uncontrolled muscle twitching visible under the skin), muscle loss, bone degeneration, and changes in the skin, hair, and nails."

At GreenMedInfo.com you can see 88 studies on statin-induced neurotoxicity (nerve damage), with12 studies further statin drugs directly to neuropathy, including chronic peripheral neuropathy. As explained by NINDS: "Peripheral neuropathy describes damage to the peripheral nervous system, the vast communications network that transmits information from the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) to every other part of the body. Peripheral nerves also send sensory information back to the brain and spinal cord, such as a message that the feet are cold or a finger is burned.

Damage to the peripheral nervous system interferes with these vital connections. Like static on a telephone line, peripheral neuropathy distorts and sometimes interrupts messages between the brain and the rest of the body. Because every peripheral nerve has a highly specialized function in a specific part of the body, a wide array of symptoms can occur when nerves are damaged. Some people may experience temporary numbness, tingling, and pricking sensations (paresthesia), sensitivity to touch, or muscle weakness.

Others may suffer more extreme symptoms, including burning pain (especially at night), muscle wasting, paralysis, or organ or gland dysfunction. People may become unable to digest food easily, maintain safe levels of blood pressure, sweat normally, or experience normal sexual function. In the most extreme cases, breathing may become difficult or organ failure may occur. Some forms of neuropathy involve damage to only one nerve and are called mononeuropathies. More often though, multiple nerves affecting all limbs are affected-called polyneuropathy."

One of the more disturbing implications of this finding is that since statins damage the peripheral nerves, it is also highly likely that they damage the central nervous system (which includes the brain), as well. One study published in the journal Pharmacology in 2009, found statin-induced cognitive impairment to be a common occurrence, with 90% reporting improvement after drug discontinuation.

There are, in fact, at least 12 studies linking memory problems with statin drug use in the biomedical literature, indicating just how widespread and serious a side effect statin-induced neurological damage really is. Lower Your Cholesterol and Increase Your Diabetes Risk by Nearly 50% As mentioned, neurological damage is only one potential risk of statins. They are also being increasingly associated with increased risk of developing diabetes.

Most recently, a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed statins increase the risk of diabetes for postmenopausal women by 48 percent! Statins appear to provoke diabetes through a few different mechanisms, the primary one being by increasing your insulin levels, which can be extremely harmful to your health. Chronically elevated insulin levels cause inflammation in your body, which is the hallmark of most chronic disease. In fact, elevated insulin levels lead to heart disease, which, ironically, prevention of is the primary reason for taking a statin drug in the first place!

As written on GreenMedInfo: "The profound irony here is that most of the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes is due to cardiovascular complications. High blood sugar and its oxidation (glycation) contribute to damage to the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, resulting in endothelial dysfunction and associated neuropathies due to lack of blood flow to the nerves. Statin drugs, which are purported to reduce cardiovascular disease risk through lipid suppression, insofar as they contribute to insulin resistance, elevated blood sugar, and full-blown diabetes, are not only diabetogenic but cardiotoxic, as well."

A separate meta-analysis has also confirmed that statin drugs are indeed associated with increased risk of developing diabetes. The researchers evaluated five different clinical trials that together examined more than 32,000 people. They found that the higher the dosage of statin drugs being taken, the greater the diabetes risk. The "number needed to harm" for intensive-dose statin therapy was 498 for new-onset diabetes -- that's the number of people who need to take the drug in order for one person to develop diabetes. In even simpler terms, one out of every 498 people who are on a high-dose statin regimen will develop diabetes. (The lower the "number needed to harm," the greater the risk factor is.

As a side note, the "number needed to treat" per year for intensive-dose statins was 155 for cardiovascular events. This means that 155 people have to take the drug in order to prevent one person from having a cardiovascular event.) The following scientific reviews also reached the conclusion that statin use is associated with increased incidence of new-onset diabetes: A 2010 meta-analysis of 13 statin trials, consisting of 91,140 participants, found that statin therapy was associated with a 9 percent increased risk for incident diabetes.

Here, the number needed to harm was 255 over four years, meaning for every 255 people on the drug, one developed diabetes as a result of the drug in that period of time. In a 2009 study, statin use was associated with a rise of fasting plasma glucose in patients with and without diabetes, independently of other factors such as age, and use of aspirin or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. The study included data from more than 345,400 patients over a period of two years. On average, statins increased fasting plasma glucose in non-diabetic statin users by 7 mg/dL, and in diabetics, statins increased glucose levels by 39 mg/dL.Side Effects Often Don't Show Up Immediately …

Oftentimes statins do not have any immediate side effects, and they are quite effective at lowering cholesterol levels by 50 points or more. This makes it appear as though they're benefiting your health, and health problems that develop later on are frequently misinterpreted as brand new, separate health problems. Again, the vast majority of people do not need statin drugs, and if you are one of them, taking them is only going to expose you to serious, unnecessary risks! If your physician is urging you to check your total cholesterol, please be aware that this test will tell you virtually nothing about your risk of heart disease, unless it is 330 or higher. HDL percentage is a far more potent indicator for heart disease risk.

Here are the two ratios you should pay attention to: HDL/Total Cholesterol Ratio: Should ideally be above 24 percent. If below 10 percent, you have a significantly elevated risk for heart disease. Triglyceride/HDL Ratio: Should be below 2. To understand why most people don't need a statin drug, you first need to realize that cholesterol is NOT the cause of heart disease. Your body NEEDS cholesterol -- it is important in the production of cell membranes, hormones, vitamin D and bile acids that help you to digest fat. Cholesterol also helps your brain form memories and is vital to your neurological function.

For more information about cholesterol, and why conventional advice to reduce your cholesterol to ridiculously low levels is foolhardy, please listen to this interview with Dr. Stephanie Seneff.Urgent Information: If You Take Statins You Need CoQ10 It's extremely important to understand that taking a statin drug without also taking CoQ10 puts your health in serious jeopardy. Unfortunately, this describes the majority of people who take them in the United States. CoQ10 is a cofactor (co-enzyme) that is essential for the creation of ATP molecules, primarily in your mitochondria, which you need for cellular energy production. Organs such as your heart have higher energy requirements, and therefore require more CoQ10 to function properly (cardiac muscle cells have up to 200 times more mitochondria, and hence 200 times higher CoQ10 requirements, than skeletal muscle).

Statins deplete your body of CoQ10, which can have devastating results. As your body gets more and more depleted of CoQ10, you may suffer from fatigue, muscle weakness and soreness, and eventually heart failure. Interestingly, heart failure, not heart attacks, is now the leading cause of death due to cardiovascular diseases. Coenzyme Q10 is also very important in the process of neutralizing free radicals. So when your CoQ10 is depleted, you enter a vicious cycle of increased free radicals, loss of cellular energy, and damaged mitochondrial DNA. If you decide to take a CoQ10 supplement and are over the age of 40, it's important to choose the "reduced" version, called ubiquinol.

The reduced form is electron-rich and therefore can donate electrons to quench free radicals, i.e. function as an antioxidant, and is much more absorbable, as nutrients must donate electrons in order to pass through membrane of cells. In other words, ubiquinol is a FAR more effective form -- I personally take 200 mg a day since it has such far-ranging benefits, including compelling studies suggesting improvement in lifespan.

How to Optimize (Not Necessarily Lower) Your Cholesterol Without Drugs Seventy-five percent of your cholesterol is produced by your liver, which is influenced by your insulin levels. Therefore, if you optimize your insulin level, you will automatically optimize your cholesterol! By modifying your diet and lifestyle in the following ways, you can safely modify your cholesterol without risking your health by taking statin drugs: Reduce, with the plan of eliminating, grains and sugars in your diet, replacing them with mostly whole, fresh vegetable carbs. Also try to consume a good portion of your food raw.

The average American consumes 50% of their diet as carbs. Most would benefit by lowering their carb intake to 25% and replacing those carbs with high quality fats. Make sure you are getting enough high quality, animal-based omega 3 fats, such as krill oil. Other heart-healthy foods include olive oil, palm and coconut oil, organic raw dairy products and eggs, avocados, raw nuts and seeds, and organic grass-fed meats, as described in my nutrition plan. Exercise daily. Avoid smoking or drinking alcohol excessively.

Be sure to get plenty of good, restorative sleep. The goal of the tips above is not to necessarily lower your cholesterol as low as it can go; the goal is to optimize your levels so they're working in the proper balance with your body.

Dr. Mercola

100 years in 100 minutes ( 1911 - 2011 in 10 minutes )

2012-02-10T03:09:00.001-08:00

CANDLE LIT ROOM

2012-02-09T12:22:00.001-08:00

SEXY HOHNNY DEPP

2012-02-09T12:03:00.001-08:00

FALSE DEMOCRACY IN ROMANIA

2012-02-09T11:50:00.000-08:00

Votes can be stolen by being paid ... I live this life of a
simple citizen who voted in vain.

The rich parties bought the votes with very little money:
l kg of flour, 1 kg of oil, 1 kg of sugar, some biscuits given
to the poor people and to the non educated persons.

The members of the rich parties spoke very beautiful to
this social category of people , like this " Dear aunt/uncle,
I just want to give you this present bla, bla, bla...You will
go to vote Mr. XXX and YYY ".

Yesterday the president named the new PM and he also
told him all the names of the new ministers.

They all belong to the leading party which named him for
presidency 6 years ago. The simple citizens who protested
against the president and Govt. almost four week in all the
big cities of the country, protested in vain.

The president thought to change the PM and the Govt and
he did it. He named a new PM and other ministers who are
his old friends in the same party.

Today the new ministers were confirmed only by their
leading party in the Parliament.

The parties in the opposition didn't come to vote the new
members of the Govt but 237 members of the leading
party were enough for the new Govt to be valid. Without
the opposition parties and members...

My heart is broken...80 % of the population are shocked
and can not think more...What to think of ?

The people are very poor and don't have power to fight ...

The weather is very bad : from - 16 to - 32 Celsius degrees ,
much snow and strong wind .

Now, we must wait for the elections in November but we
don't have any hope that the leading party can be changed
because they are very very rich and tell everybody that
they will win the elections in November...

They know what to do... Where is democracy for which our
people fought in the other revolution in 1989 when the
people fought against the communism even if they didn't
know what was "democracy".

More than 1300 lives were lost in vain in 1989 and the
communist president was killed. The new "capitalists"
started to stole everything from the state under the name
of making private business.

They wanted to be like capitalists. What to do ? The same
party that led 6 years wants to lead other 4 or 6 years...

The people can not resist much time, I think. What do you
think about this situation ?

The Romanians lived 70 years in communism and they

still don't know what capitalism means. Only some "smart"

people started small business after 1989 and then the

politicians discovered that they had the power to take all

the communist lands and buildings for their family's

business.

The common people didn't know what was the private

company. They used to work for the state and after 1989

they waited to be given jobs as usually in the last 70 years.

Not everyone is able to start a company and to make if

profitable. not only in an ex communist country, but also

all over the world.

Yes, now we live DEMONcracy...The killing people weather

and the killing people politicians will bring a change here !

Half of the country , thousands of villages are under the

snow and the snow is iced. The army is not able to reach

the snowed people and they are dieing in their houses...

I think that EU should come to help Romania very quickly ..

Haminia.
11 February 2012

HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE MAKING PROCESS

2012-02-09T09:26:00.001-08:00

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE

2012-02-09T08:32:00.001-08:00

CHOCOLATE

2012-02-09T08:26:00.001-08:00

Homeopathic physician who can't understand the Vital Force

2012-02-09T06:03:00.000-08:00

Saqib, you are right when you say that Vital
Force can be seen, felt and noticed not only
through Hahnemanian " glasses".

I learned about it and I use it for healing
people not from Hahnemann and not from
Western countries, as you mentioned.

Vital Force stands at the basis of Homeopathy
and of many other sciences including our life.

As a homeopath as you are, you should try to
explain to yourself how is the succussion
working and then you will understand the
Natural Vital Force with which you can cure
your patients, just using the homeopathic
medicines discovered by dr.Hahnemann.

If it's too hard for you to understand the
succusion, try to understand the Japanese
doctor Mikao Usui who used Pure Natural
Vital Force to heal all the people, no matter
their diseases.

All the Japanese physicians are taught in
Medicine Colleges how to use the Universal
Energy which they call Reiki. The natural
energy is not only very close to us, it is IN
US and you must only have eyes to see it
and desire to feel it. Many Indians know it...

It has nothing to do with any religion or faith !

Haminia

VITAL FORCE AGAIN...

2012-02-08T13:10:00.000-08:00

Vital force belongs to Universe and to its Creator who
gives it to us at birthday as Breath. When the people
die, the body has no vital force in it.

The Vital Force goes back to the Universe. Why is so
hard to understand ? You, as a physician can watch the
people dieing.

This theory doesn't belong only to religion, as you think.
It was accepted some years ago by Science.

Nature laws were accepted by the representatives of
Science in this world when they met the representatives
of all religions of the world and they came to the same
conclusions about life and death.

The priests also agreed the discoveries of Science which
were proved in reality, not the fantasies of some of the
people who want to prove that they can be the second
God = the Creator of all things in Galaxy !

I don't have time to explain here more...I studied the
Universal Energy and other laws of Nature many years ...
You can do the same. Wish you much Success !

Haminia

FEMEI DIN INDIA DANSAND ...

2012-02-08T06:16:00.001-08:00

LITTLE KRISHNA - MAGICAL EXPERIENCE

2012-02-08T06:01:00.001-08:00

NOTHING LASTS FOR EVER - RUMI

2012-02-08T02:23:00.001-08:00

POLKA FRANZ - GERMAN FOLK MUSIC

2012-02-07T15:48:00.001-08:00

OKTOBERFEST - IHA IHA IHA OH

2012-02-07T15:44:00.001-08:00

GITTI AND ERIKA - ADIEU, MEIN KLEINER GARDEOFIZZ

2012-02-07T15:37:00.001-08:00

FLORIAN SILBERSTEIN

2012-02-07T15:10:00.001-08:00

GERMAN TWIN CHILDREN SINGING SO BEAUTIFUL...

2012-02-07T15:06:00.001-08:00

VITAL FORCE AND THERMODYNAMICS

2012-02-07T13:41:00.000-08:00

Vital force is not invented by any human being
and can not be destroyed by Hermann von
Helmholtz's ideas or by any other person,
except its Creator !

I agree with Saqib Rashid about the possibility
of existing in vital force other energies including
thermodynamics.

The conservation of energy can be done by
anybody.

Haminia

INDIAN SITAR INSTRUMENT - PANDIT SHANKAR & ANUSHKA, HIS DAUGHTER

2012-02-07T12:43:00.001-08:00

ONE WHISPER - RUMI

2012-02-07T07:48:00.001-08:00

RUMI - THE ETERNAL ECSTASY

2012-02-07T06:57:00.001-08:00

OVER IMAGINATION

2012-02-07T05:32:00.000-08:00

Reasons are limited because
we don't have so much imagination
for everything to create or think .

Belief flies over the sky !

Haminia

ANGELA GHEORGHIU SI ANDREA BOCELLI - MUSICA PRO

2012-02-06T16:19:00.001-08:00

ACASA LA ANDREA BOCELLI

2012-02-06T16:13:00.001-08:00

ANGELA GHEORGHIU AND LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

2012-02-06T16:09:00.001-08:00

ANGELA GHEORGHIU SI ANDREA BOCELLI - LIBIAMO NE

2012-02-06T16:01:00.001-08:00

MI-E DOR DE OCHII TAI ADANCI - IOANA RADU

2012-02-06T15:12:00.001-08:00

LOVE MUSIC SAXOPHONE

2012-02-06T14:17:00.001-08:00

FRANZ SCHUBERT - SERENADE

2012-02-06T13:37:00.001-08:00

WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

2012-02-06T13:21:00.001-08:00

WHAT IS OUR IDEAL

2012-02-05T10:41:00.000-08:00

What is our ideal ?

Beauty appears to our eyes only when
we want to see it !

Beauty lives in our souls in love for God.
So, we can learn what is Truth to follow
it.

This is the single ideal which makes us
know Happiness in career and love !

Haminia

THOUGHTS

2012-02-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

Dear Haminia,

I always want to see you in real.

Let us see if we could manage it
but your presence on my soul is
like a real gift.

Thanks. I woke up early today
and saw all your comments giving
me lot of smile.

My hugs for you, dear !

B. S.

EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS

2012-02-05T09:26:00.001-08:00

RICHARD CLAYDERMAN - HISTORY OF AMOR

2012-02-05T09:24:00.001-08:00

ALWAYS REMEMBER

2012-02-05T08:13:00.001-08:00

SOME WORDS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

2012-02-05T07:58:00.000-08:00

Some words about technology

The true definition for Technology only God knows
but some pieces of knowledge all the people know
at least from their life experience...

Except the Nobel Prize winners who should Know
what they discovered...

Albert Einstein said : " If God didn't allow me to use
His mind, I wouldn't have discovered anything".

This is the truth for everyone.

We use the technology in our daily life when we live
in developed countries.

Haminia

3 IDIOTS - ENGLISH - PART 1

2012-02-05T07:46:00.001-08:00

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND BEINGS

2012-02-05T06:37:00.000-08:00

I think that the animals have their own feelings
about the other beings.

They feel the natural vibrations of the universe
at their level of resonating.

They know what we call Love.

Human beings feel more and try to explain what
are the feelings and attractions towards the other
human beings but rarely they are able to behave
in the same good understanding like animals.

Why ? Because we think ?

Haminia

HOLD ON - AKCENT - FROM ABDUS

2012-02-04T08:05:00.001-08:00

MI AMOR POR TI - ERNESTO CORTAZAR

2012-02-04T05:48:00.001-08:00

BEAUTIFUL WORDS FROM A MUSIC AND DANCE LOVER FRIEND

2012-02-04T04:41:00.000-08:00

Dear Haminia,

Whenever others are with me thru any media I m
also with them.

My body is not with them but my whole imagination
reach to them. I can feel them on my soul.

My whole vibes r connected to that person for that
particular moment.

And this is the right pleasure that we could share
with them.

Thank you so much Haminia .

Rock the world with music and dance !

B.S.

WALTZ OF LOVE - WONDERFUL !

2012-02-03T13:05:00.001-08:00

THINKING OF YOU

2012-02-03T12:53:00.001-08:00

FLY ME TO THE MOON

2012-02-03T10:34:00.001-08:00

WAITING FOR YOU

2012-02-03T09:55:00.001-08:00

ORCHIDEA

2012-02-03T09:50:00.001-08:00

FACES OF NATURE

2012-02-03T09:44:00.001-08:00

ERNESTO CORTAZAR - WINTER EMOTIONS

2012-02-03T09:36:00.001-08:00

ERNESTO CORTAZAR - SENTIMENTS

2012-02-03T09:34:00.001-08:00

Seven billionth baby on the planet Earth - India

2012-02-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

Seven billionth baby

Little Nargis inhabits a different planet from her western and EU counterparts

Jug Suraiya

Baby Nargis Yadav, born on October 31, 2011, in Dauraha village on the outskirts of Lucknow, was officially declared, in India at least, to be the seven billionth citizen of the world. The status accorded to her is of course symbolic. For, coinciding with Nargis’s arrival on earth, many more births were recorded in diverse parts of the globe, including at least three from UP.

The claim made on Baby Nargis’s behalf is also symbolic in a more fundamental way. For the world that Nargis has been born into is in a real sense a very different planet from that in which her counterparts in the more materially advanced countries had their births. Economically and technologically, our supposedly common globe has long been divided into at least three different planets: the developed First World, the developing Second World and the underdeveloped Third World. There may even be Fourth and Fifth Worlds, represented by communities so marginalised by mainstream populations that they barely, if at all, register on the radar of our consciousness.

The differentiation of Earth into separate planets, separate Worlds with separate numbers assigned to them – First, Second, Third etc – is best illustrated by the case of the US, which is the leader and role model of the so-called First World. With a population of some 312 million people, it is the world’s third most populous country, after China and India whose populations are 1.3 billion and 1.2 billion respectively. In terms of population size, China and India are obviously way ahead of the US; in terms of the consumption of resources, however, India and China, and other residents of the Second and Third Worlds, are just as obviously way, way behind.

Americans constitute about 5% of the global population but consume 24% of the world’s energy. One American is said to consume as much energy as six Mexicans, 13 Chinese, 31 Indians, 128 Bangladeshis, 307 Tanzanians and 370 Ethiopians. Americans, and other inhabitants of the First World, don’t just live in a different world; they live as though they were on a different planet from the people of Asia and Africa and other less privileged parts of the globe.

With seven billion people and still growing, the world is getting dangerously overcrowded. It is. But it is not dangerously overcrowded with people; it is dangerously overcrowded with the increasing inequalities in accessing the world’s non-renewable resources. The problem is not population growth; the problem is – and long has been – the plundering of Earth’s resources to benefit the First World at the expense of the other, lesser Worlds which are seen as colonised planets to be exploited for their natural wealth, which includes the wealth of their growing markets with their capacity to absorb goods and services produced by the First World.

The only non-depleting – in fact, ever increasing – resource that Earth has is its population, its people and the human potential they represent. At the time of the Buddha, the global population was under 100 million; when Christ was born it was 170 million; when Newton discovered gravity it was 545 million. Statistically speaking, with its population of seven billion, Earth today has the human potential to produce many Buddhas, many Christs, many Newtons, many Shakespeares. All of whom will remain unknown and unrecognised because they are born as children of the lesser Worlds, lesser in terms of access to nutrition, healthcare, education and the most basic of civic amenities, including drinking water and sanitation.

So what’s the best birthday wish we can give to Baby Nargis and all those like her? That in their lifetimes there is hope at least of someday bridging the unbridgeable distance between their World, their planet, and the planet that calls itself the First World.

secondopinion@timesgroup.com

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi/

SO GOOD MUSIC FOR THE SOUL...

2012-02-03T06:58:00.001-08:00

SILENT MUSIC

2012-02-03T06:52:00.001-08:00

BEAUTIFUL REASON TO SMILE

2012-02-02T17:59:00.000-08:00

Rain of summer, snow of winter
grace of autumn, glory of spring
May beauty of every season give your heart
A beautiful reason to smile.
May God Help you in every examz of ur life.

Good luck. !

Abdus

BEAUTIFUL CHANGE

2012-02-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

We are all changing every day, whether we know it or not. We can dread these changes and deny them, or we can accept these changes and bask in the glory of them. We can accept change and we can be willing to make a change for the beautiful. Instead of dreading change, we can welcome change. We don’t have to fear it. Change is natural, desirable, and is impossible to avoid anyway. So why not make the choice to change? When we make that positive choice, our intention of transformation is exciting. What enlightenment can we experience through our process of metamorphosis, and in transformation, what beautiful beings will we become?

Metamorphosis is a Greek word meaning “transformation or change of shape,” noting different stages of development in the life history of an organism. Consider the amazing change — complete metamorphosis — that the common caterpillar goes through in order to become a magnificent butterfly. A butterfly has humble beginnings, starting out as a tiny, fragile egg. From this tiny speck of a pearl hatches a caterpillar, whose sole purpose in life is to eat. To grow. To change. Increasing in size rapidly, it outgrows and sheds its skin several times. When fully grown, it transforms into a chrysalis, protected by its hard outer shell. It lingers in this stage of development from two weeks to two years, depending on the species of butterfly. Within the mundane-looking chrysalis, miraculous changes are occurring. Special cells that were already present in the caterpillar are now growing quickly. These cells become legs, eyes and wings. Finally, the chrysalis cracks and from it emerges a grand and glorious butterfly.

The caterpillar was patient, knowing it would one day be a butterfly. It did not yearn to be what it was not. It was not jealous of other butterflies. Restrained by its very, very slow movement, it could not travel far. Yet, it was not frustrated or restless. It did not long to fly away. The caterpillar was content in its steady but slow progress, confident that one day it would fulfill its destiny as a butterfly. Its sole purpose was only to nourish itself in order to grow. It did not worry, anxiously fearing it might not bud wings to fly. The caterpillar was naturally becoming what it would be: a beautiful butterfly.

A caterpillar is not envious or resentful of the butterfly, for it knows it will be a butterfly when its time has come. It is persistent in its growth and in its process of change. It does not doubt its future magnificence. The caterpillar does not feel inferior and insecure, anxiously awaiting its new form. The emerging butterfly is not any less beautiful for having spent time as a crawling creature. It does not regret, have remorse, shame or guilt for its time as a caterpillar. The butterfly does not question its ability to fly and its right to be what it has become.

Like the caterpillar, our purpose as humans is to learn, experience, grow and change. Perhaps we were slow learners, and perhaps we may have needed much experience to grow and transform. We may have remained in our caterpillar stage a very, very long time. But miraculous changes did occur! What was already within us allowed us to grow amazing, strong wings. I have confidence that we are all just butterflies in the making, some transforming quickly, some slowly. For today I am a butterfly. Metamorphosis has been completed. Having emerged from my chrysalis, I’m resting on a leaf, basking in the glory of my being and enjoying the warmth of the sun. My wings are still small and wet. I'm getting ready to fly freely. And as I fly, I’ll carry the message with me that unbeknownst to you, you are becoming a beautiful butterfly, too.

And when we become butterflies, we will fly with the gift of an enlightened point of view, and a higher perspective than we had when we were just humble caterpillars. For each day we are becoming more of who we are. We did not choose to be who we are; we are being who we were chosen to be. And today we are choosing to be the beautiful butterflies that we are becoming.

By V.C.

Best Green Tea to buy !

2012-02-02T08:20:00.001-08:00

The best green tea is the Japanese one !

I have done an extensive review on the best green tea and below are the online tea companies that have my vote! We all know that high quality, fresh teas cannot be found just anywhere else. That's why I did a review on the best ones that I personally use as well as the things to look out for when purchasing teas online.

If you are reading this, it only means one thing, you are looking for fresh, superior quality green tea. After all, if you are not looking for the freshness of the tea, you would just go to your local grocery store and buy off the shelf, right?But you are looking for quality and freshness, so what you need to know is to find out the source.

Some have huge warehouses and their teas sit there for long periods of time. It's fine for tea accessories but not for fresh teas. So beware of companies with false claims!Take Japanese green tea for example, not because a Japanese tea such as sencha or genmaicha was grown in China or India, it is considered as such.

Best green tea , simply put, is the authentic green tea. Sencha, Genmaicha, and Gyokuro are types of Japanese green tea but if they were grown somewhere else other than Japan, well, that's a different story.

You see....the soil, the climate, and the location has A LOT to do with the quality and taste of the best tasting green tea.

That's the secret of buying the best green tea! You can honestly taste the difference! There is a reason why Japanese people living in areas particularly in Shizuoka, Japan live longer and healthier than those living in other areas of the country.

Now, the next important stuff to consider is your shopping security. The best thing to do is to make sure that the website you are buying the best green tea from is secure. There are ways to check that. When placing an order for green tea, on the checkout page or what they call the "shopping cart", you need to look for a padlock icon located on the bottom right of the screen. This tells you that the order page is secure.If you see logos such as: Verisign secure, Hacker safe, 128 bit encryption, https in the browser and SSL certificate. All that means is that you are ordering your best green tea on a safe and secure page.

You need to make sure that you have an access to customer service anytime if you have questions on your green tea. The best customer service should have different ways available for you to place your order such as fax, mail, phone, and online. It is also good if they have a 1-800 number for easy access and no-cost for you in case you need to talk to them.

Check their return policy as well, if they are confident with the green tea they are selling, they will be willing to accept a return for a specific period of time. There may be some restrictions which are understandable to reduce some abuse from cheap customers but overall, they should accept a return if need be. That is the best customer service, in my opinion.

Best Green Tea ReviewsHere are the list of green tea reviews that I have done and highly recommend based on the product quality. These are high quality and the best green tea in my opinion. I will be adding more soon. I have to try it for myself first before I make a recommendation.

Enjoy! Generation Tea - They sell all types of tea such as green tea, white tea, oolong tea, pu-erh tea, baozchong tea, black tea and herbal tea - all are either organic or USDA certified. They also have tea accessories, tea bags, and tea extracts.

American Tea - They offer loose, tea bags, and organic teas such as green tea, white tea, black tea , oolong tea and even no caffeine tea. They also have a wide assortment of teaware and accessories.

Matcha Source - They sell Matcha green tea from Japan as well as all the essential items needed to make a delicious green tea. Edible Green Tea - He only sells one product : Organic Edible Green Tea - 100 grams goor for a month supply. He also have a green tea recipe book available for FREE!

Green Tea

FROM MALIK FROM PAKISTAN

2012-02-02T06:28:00.001-08:00

In Love Alone

2012-02-02T06:15:00.000-08:00

In Love Alone

Of all the plights, of all the woes,

That cause a man to groan,

There is not one that’s sadder than

To be in love alone...

Love’s nature is, that it requires Its

love returned in kind;

If ocean deep and ocean wide,

Then oceans it must find...

If love has risen to the height Of stars

in distant skies,

Then love desires they twinkle back

Within a lover’s eyes...

And thus, when arms have none to hold,

When lips have none to kiss,

The heart is space without its stars,

The emptiest abyss...

But when I think what God has done,

And that His love is best,

I wonder of my love for Him,

And if it stands the test...

For there are plights, and many woes,

That cause our God to groan.

But there’s not one that’s sadder than

When He’s in love alone...

C. V.

Health Benefits of Green Tea

2012-02-02T05:10:00.000-08:00

Health Benefits of Green Tea

For centuries, doctors, healers and tea drinkers have known that green tea possesses remarkable healing properties. Today, after decades of research, it’s become apparent that green tea truly is a "steaming cup of medicine." The results of hundreds of studies performed by top scientists at leading universities and research centers demonstrate that green tea, even in moderate amounts, may help ward off or combat a variety of ailments by:

Boosting the immune system
Regulating cholesterol levels
Fighting the build-up of sticky plaque in the arteries
Interfering with the cancer process
Assisting in weight loss
Fighting harmful bacteria and viruses
Protecting the body against free radical damage

What is Green Tea?

Tea is a hot water infusion made from the leaves of the camellia sinensis bush. The way the leaves are processed determines whether the result is green, black or oolong tea. For green tea, the leaves are steamed or pan-fired immediately after picking to prevent them from fermenting. For black tea, the leaves are crushed and left to wither to encourage fermentation. For oolong, the leaves are withered for a shorter time, so they become only partially fermented.

Unfermented tea leaves contain large amounts of catechins, which are the powerful antioxidants and disease fighters responsible for green tea’s many health benefits. And while you can find some catechins in black and oolong tea, they’re found in much larger quantities in green tea. It’s the quick processing of green tea that keeps the catechins in place. When tea leaves are allowed to ferment, the catechins convert to another form that doesn’t have nearly as many health benefits. There are five types of catechins, but the most potent is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg, for short).

Most studies have concluded that you need 3-10 cups of green tea per day, or up to 1,000 mg. of catechins for maximum health benefits. (The average 6-ounce cup of green tea contains between 50 and 100 mg catechins.)

What Can Green Tea Do For Your Health?A wealth of laboratory, animal and human studies has provided evidence that green tea can help promote heart health, ward off cancer, fight obesity, lessen free radical damage to the cells, and even slow the progression of age-related cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Samples of some interesting findings:

Green Tea and Cholesterol

Many researchers believe that green tea helps reduce cholesterol by lowering its absorption in the digestive tract and increasing its excretion.

Italian researchers studying two groups of volunteers following a controlled diet found that those who drank two cups of green tea (about 250 mg of catechins) per day for 6 weeks reduced their LDL "bad" cholesterol by an average of 13 mg/dl.¹
A double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study involving 240 people with mildly to moderately-elevated cholesterol found that taking 375 mg of theaflavin-enriched green tea extract daily for 12 weeks caused a reduction in total cholesterol of 11.3% and in LDL cholesterol of 16.4%, while the HDL "good" cholesterol increased by 2.3%.²
Animal studies have shown that even when consuming a diet rich in lard and cholesterol, rats who receive green tea catechins have much lower cholesterol levels than those who don't receive the catechins.³

Green Tea and Cardiovascular Disease

Green tea is associated with a reduction in many risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Besides improving cholesterol values, it may also help lower blood pressure, decrease blood stickiness, and prevent of LDL oxidation (a crucial beginning step in the atherosclerotic process). And while no one has actually proven that green tea can prevent heart disease, some recent findings are exciting:

A study of nearly 400 people scheduled for coronary angiography found that those who drank at least 1 cup of green tea per day were 42% less likely to have a heart attack than those who didn’t drink green tea.⁴
Green tea may also reduce a person’s risk of dying of a heart attack. Researchers interviewed 1900 people four days after having a heart attack. Four years later, those who consumed tea in moderate amounts (about 2 cups per day) decreased their risk of dying by 31%, while those who drank more than 2 cups per day decreased their risk by 39%.⁵
Green tea seems to be particularly protective against stroke-induced deaths. In a 2006 study, researchers who had been tracking 40,530 Japanese age 40 or older over an 11-year period reported that women who drank five or more cups of green tea daily were 42% less likely to die of a stroke than those who drank less than one cup.⁶

Green Tea and Obesity

Green tea has recently become the latest weapon in the war on weight. But does it really work? The results of some new studies are promising, finding that green tea can increase the rate of calorie burning, reduce body fat levels and even prevent excess weight gain. Although most tests have been performed on laboratory animals, at least one with humans showed that taking in the equivalent of 3 cups of green tea per day burned an additional 80 calories per day.

In a study of energy expenditure in men, those who took green tea extract containing EGCg plus caffeine three times daily burned about 80 more calories per day than those who didn't take the extract. (Taking caffeine with EGCg didn't have the same effect.) They took in roughly the amount of EGCg found in 3 cups of green tea a day.⁷
In another study, green tea extract actually helped prevent obesity. Two groups of mice were placed on a high-fat diet that ensured weight gain, and one group also received green tea extract, while the other did not. The mice that got the green tea extract gained 47% less weight than those who didn't get the extract.⁸
Finally, green tea extract helped to reverse established obesity. Rats that had become obese through deliberate overfeeding had their obesity reversed by supplementation with EGCg, which markedly decreased the amount of adipose tissue.⁹

Green tea is believed to help prevent obesity by revving up the fat-burning effects of brown fat, sending glucose to muscle tissue where it’s more likely to be burned, rather than to fat tissue, and inhibiting the action of fat-digesting enzymes so the fat that you eat is less available to the body.

Green Tea and Cancer

Animal studies have clearly shown that green tea can help prevent the growth of tumors in the breast, prostate, lung and skin. And many studies of large populations have linked green tea to a reduction of cancer of the stomach, lung, pancreatic, breast, colon, esophageal, prostate and skin.

Green tea’s catechins (particularly EGCg) appear to inhibit the cancer process at all stages. Specifically, they protect the body from free radical damage by acting as an antioxidant, lower the toxicity of certain carcinogens, interfere with the binding of carcinogens to the DNA of healthy cells, inhibit cancer activation, slow tumor growth and spread, inhibit the growth of blood vessels to feed the tumor, and encourage cancer cells to “commit suicide” (programmed cell death). Some of the more interesting studies of green tea’s effects on cancer include:

Stomach CancerResearchers from Shanghai, China compared 206 people newly diagnosed with stomach cancer to 415 healthy control subjects. After studying the volunteers’ health, diet and lifestyle habits, the researchers concluded that drinking green tea reduced the risk of developing stomach cancer by as much as 41%.¹⁰

Lung CancerThe diet and lifestyle habits of 649 nine women with lung cancer were compared to those of 675 healthy women. The researchers found that drinking green tea reduced the risk of developing green tea by as much as 35% (in the nonsmokers only), and that the more green tea consumed, the greater the protection.¹¹

Breast CancerA study of 1,100 Asian-American women, half of whom had breast cancer, showed that those in the non-cancer group were much more likely to be green tea drinkers. The researchers concluded that "green tea drinkers showed a significantly reduced risk of breast cancer..." and the more green tea consumed, the greater the protection.¹²

The combined results four studies (a meta-analysis) showed a 12% reduction in risk of developing breast cancer for those drinking the most green tea compared to those drinking the least.¹³

Pancreatic CancerA case-control study of cancer of the pancreas involving over 200 people found a significantly decreased risk of developing the disease in those who consumed green tea.¹⁴

Another study found that those who drank 2 or more cups of green tea per day had a 60% lower risk of developing pancreatic cancer.¹⁵ In test-tube studies, green tea has been shown to fight pancreatic cancer by damaging the mitochondria of the cancer cells and inhibiting cancer activation.¹⁶

Prostate CancerA double-blind, placebo-controlled study of green tea’s ability to fight prostate cancer was published in Cancer Research in 2006. Sixty men with HG-PIN, a condition that can quickly progress to prostate cancer, were divided into two groups. One group received 600 mg of green tea catechins per day; the other did not. After one year, only one prostate tumor was found among the green tea group compared to 9 in the control group.¹⁷

Skin CancerMuch of the research of green tea’s effects on skin cancer has been done on hairless mice since their skin is very similar to human skin. And it’s been found that green tea extract, whether taken internally or painted on the skin, does help prevent skin cancer at both the induction and promotion phases. Mice given green tea extract in their drinking water for 50 days, then injected with a powerful skin cancer-inducing substance, got 44% fewer skin tumors than rats that hadn’t been given the extract.¹⁸ In another study, mice exposed to UVB rays who received green tea catechins through their water supply developed 41% fewer skin tumors than mice treated in the same manner, who didn’t get green tea. The tumors that they did develop were smaller.¹⁹ And recent test-tube studies have found that EGCg inhibits the growth and spread of the deadly skin cancer melanoma.²⁰

Green Tea, the Health Elixir

Perhaps the Japanese Buddhist monk Eisai was right when he wrote circa 1211 that “Tea is a miraculous medicine for the maintenance of health.” Countless studies have shown that not only can green tea aid in heart health, interfere with the cancer process and help ward off obesity, it can also fight deadly bacteria, including the kind that cause tuberculosis²¹, guard against dental cavities^22,23, inhibit the action of viruses²⁴, fight free radical damage to the cells²⁵ and preserve the freshness of foods^26,27 and cosmetics.

How Much Do You Need?

Most experts agree that a daily intake of 3-10 cups of green tea (the equivalent of 300-1,000 mg of catechins) is ideal for maximum health benefits. In extract form, to get 300 mg of catechins you’d need to take about 480 mg of a 50:1 extract containing 60% catechins (60% of 480 mg = 300 mg).

But even a single cup of green tea per day can be beneficial (just this small amount confers powerful protection against dental cavities and breast cancer). So pour yourself a steaming cup of medicine and enjoy! It could be the beginning of a life-long love affair with a potent and delightful health-enhancer.

THE GREEN TEA LIBRARY

WONDERFUL VIDEO !!!

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TOO MANY BELIEFS IN THIS WORLD

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Too many beliefs !!!

Life has a simple and natural path and people have
complicated it until its end.

I can't say I like Budhism or other religion . I like a little
from everyone but I don't take any religion as a way
of life.

I don't depend on any religion and I never speak with
Romanians about religion. We don't speak about our
belief, we live a free life, as we wish.

That's why we don't ask the other about his belief. It is
his/her business what is his/her belief.

This is me. I don't understand why other people made
a rule of their life to follow a religion .

In my opinion, it is very good to have faith in something
because this sentiment gives the people POWER to live.

They can believe in anything to help their souls and mind
to be health. They can believe in a flower, or in music, or
in a pencil...

Most of the people believe in God. If they think that God
helps them to be healthy, it's very good for them.

What is very bad is to oblige the other to believe like you,
in what you believe.

People must be free to think and behave in society not to
be oppressed by strange ideas.

The laws must be respected. They are made by elected
people !

Each effect has a cause and usually the cause of any
disease is suffering to much in life.

If we know the cause, we can heal the effect.

I wish you a god day !

Haminia

OSHO - THE INDIAN MIND NR. 2

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OSHO - THE INDIAN MIND 1 OF 2

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OSHO - MY WHOLE LIFE IS FULL OF JOKES

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OSHO - MILLIONS OF HEARTS

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INDIAN DANCER WOMAN...

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OSHO - REST IN NATURALLY PEACE

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DANCE WITH OSHO - 2

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OSHO - MOB DANCERS IN MAROON

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MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN JAPAN

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PAKISTANY SMART GIRLS

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LOVE is not only the hope of the world, but THE ONLY HOPE.

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LOVE is not only the hope of the world, but THE ONLY HOPE.

UP TO NOW, MAN HAS LIVED AN ABSOLUTELY LOVELESS LIFE. All the societies and the cultures and the religions that have existed on the earth have talked about love, but lived a very loveless existence. Much talk about love has happened in the past, but the structure that societies have created is basically against love. The society is geared for war, and a society that is geared for war, can only talk about love but cannot live it.

We have come now to the peak of this ugly, stupid structure of hatred. We have come to the point where EITHER MAN IS TO CHANGE TOTALLY OR WILL HAVE TO DIE.

THE NEW MAN CAN BE BORN ONLY WITH A NEW HEART, WITH A NEW SOUL -- and the flavor of that soul will be love, and the poetry of that heart will be love. A society that lives lovelessly is competitive, ambitious, obsessed with money, power, prestige.

A SOCIETY THAT LIVES WITHOUT LOVE LIVES THROUGH BELIEFS. Beliefs divide people, and all divisions breed war. A society that lives without love lives a very lusterless existence, because WITHOUT LOVE THERE IS NO SPLENDOR IN LIFE, no significance. Without love, no song arises in the heart of man.

We have come to the point or we are coming to it, approaching it every day.... [VERY SOON] MAN WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE EITHER TOTAL DESTRUCTION OR A REVOLUTION -- a revolution not political, not social, but a revolution of the heart. A turning-point is coming closer every day; you have to be prepared for it.

SANNYAS HAS TO BECOME A HERALD FOR A NEW WORLD, the first ray of the dawn.

MAN IS REACHING TOWARDS TOTAL WAR; all preparations are there to commit a global suicide. This is what your history has brought you to. All the Alexanders and all the Napoleons and all the Stalins and all the Hitlers and all the Maos have been working for centuries and centuries; now their dream is going to be fulfilled: WE CAN DESTROY THIS WHOLE EARTH WITHIN SECONDS. Destruction has reached its peak; unless creativity also reaches to its peak, man cannot be saved.

And to me, LOVE IS NOTHING BUT THE BIRTH OF CREATIVITY IN YOU. By love I mean an overflowing heart. Love to me is not only a relationship. The relationship that we call love is a faraway, distant echo of the real thing.

The real thing is not a relationship but a state; ONE IS NOT IN LOVE BUT ONE IS LOVE. Whenever I talk about love remember this: I AM TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF LOVE. Yes, relationship is perfectly good, but the relationship is going to be false if you have not attained to the state of love. Then the relationship is not only a pretension, it is a dangerous pretension -- because it can go on befooling you; it can go on giving you the sense that you know what love is. And you don't know. LOVE BASICALLY IS A STATE OF BEING; one is not in love, one IS love.

And that love arises not by falling in love with somebody. THAT LOVE ARISES BY GOING IN -- NOT BY FALLING BUT BY RISING, soaring upwards, higher than you. It is a kind of surpassing.

A MAN IS LOVE WHEN HIS BEING IS SILENT; it is the song of silence. A Buddha is love, a Jesus is love -- not in love with a particular person, but simply love. Their very climate is love. It is not addressed to anybody in particular, it is spreading into all directions. Whosoever comes close to a Buddha will feel it, will be showered by it, will be bathed in it. And it is unconditionally so.

LOVE MAKES NO CONDITIONS, no ifs, no buts. Love never says, "Fulfill these requirements, then I will love you." Love is like breathing: when it happens, you are simply love. It does not matter who comes close to you, the sinner or the saint. Whosoever comes close to you starts feeling the vibe of love, is rejoiced. Love is unconditional giving -- but only those are capable of giving who HAVE.

ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS THINGS ABOUT MAN is that he goes on giving things which he doesn't have. You go on giving love and you don't have it in the first place, and you go on asking love from others who don't have it in the first place. Beggars begging from beggars!

LOVE FIRST HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE DEEPEST CORE OF YOUR BEING. It is the quality of being alone, happily alone, joyously alone. It is the quality of being a no-mind, of being silent. Contentless consciousness is the space, the context in which love arises in you.

And when it arises in you it is so much, it is unbearable. Its pleasure is so unbearable that it becomes almost pain. It is heavy like the clouds which are full of rain; they HAVE to shower, they HAVE to rain, they HAVE to unburden themselves. WHEN LOVE ARISES IN THE SILENT HEART, IT HAS TO BE SHARED, it has to be given; you are helpless.

And the person you give your love to is not obliged to you in any way. In fact, you are obliged to the person because he helped you unburden, he shared something that was too much in you. And the economics of love is: THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE MORE YOU HAVE -- because in your silent being you are joined with the oceanic, the divine source of all. And you can go on sharing... more and more goes on flowing in you, it goes on welling up.

Gyan Nirmal, yes, you are right, LOVE IS THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WORLD. And we are coming close to that turning point: EITHER TOTAL WAR OR TOTAL LOVE. And this is a question of either/or, there is no third alternative. There is nothing like a compromise now, you cannot be in the middle. Man has to choose. And it is a question of life and death: war is death, love is life.

By creating you here, by creating sannyasins here, I am creating a new kind of space. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A TOTALLY NEW MAN. Hence the old traditions will be unable to understand what is happening here; they don't have any criterion. The experiment is so new! Yes, once in a while a man like Buddha, Kabir, Krishna, Christ, Zarathustra, have happened in the past, but only individuals. Now only individuals won't do; ONLY A BUDDHA HERE AND THERE WON'T BE OF MUCH HELP. The world has gone too much into hate. The world is so full of hate that it is almost like an ocean of hatred, and a Buddha will be just a spoonful of sugar -- it won't change the taste of the ocean. WE WILL NEED THOUSANDS OF BUDDHAS.

Hence I am not interested in Christians, I am interested only in Christs. I am not interested in Jainas, I am interested only in Mahaviras. I am not interested in Buddhists, I am interested only in Buddhas. My effort here is not to create a following, not to create believers -- but to create individuals, lovers, MEDITATORS WHO CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN; and each one can become a light. And we will need...

The night is going to become darker and darker every day... WE WILL NEED MILLIONS OF LIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD, millions of people who are capable of love, unconditionally, without asking anything in return, and who are so silent and who are so blissful that wherever they are, they will be able to dissipate darkness.

Yes, Gyan Nirmal, LOVE IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD, THE ONLY HOPE.

OSHO

IAEA APPROVES JAPAN NUCLEAR ' STRESS TESTS '

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DANCE WITH OSHO

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ZITHER INSTRUMENT

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BANGLADESH MUSIC - DUTARA OLD INSTRUMENT

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